NAIROBI， March 23 (Xinhua) -- World 1，500m champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya is expectant to add another feather to his cap when he lines up in Kampala， Uganda on Sunday for the World Cross Country Championships.

Kiprop， who is competing in the newly introduced Mixed Relay race， said the championships offers a new dimension to his season as he has started training early and hopes it will improve his endurance ahead of the track competitions， which start in May.

Pressure will be on Kiprop to deliver and prove his critics wrong after he shattered many Kenyans dreams in Rio Olympics when he returned sixth in his quest for gold in the four lap race.

The world cross country championships offers him the first opportunity to atone that loss and it is a chance he is not looking away from.

"I have to do well. It is team sport and it is not all about me. But the team we have is strong and there will be no excuse for not doing well，" he said on Thursday in Nairobi.

The mixed relay will be the first of five races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Kiprop has said the Kenyan team doesn't fear world 1500m record-holder Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia， who is also registered to compete in the mixed relay.

"Dibaba is a strong athlete but I have confidence in our squad. We have Bernard Kipkorir， Winfreda Nzisa and Beatrice Chepkoech. There is also Mark Bett and Margaret Nyairera， the Olympic 800m bronze medalist. I have been in camp training and have slowly regained my top form，" he said.

Kenya team of 30 athletes is due to depart to Kampala tonight. The country has dominated the cross country championships together with rivals Ethiopia and the trend is not about to end in Kampala.

However， the presence of strong athletes in the host's side， United States， Eritrea， Bahrain， Morocco， Japan and Qatar will spice up the competition for medals.

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In addition to Abe's remarks in his policy speech at the opening of this year's ordinary Diet session on Monday, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan will use this year's 40th anniversary of the signing of a bilateral peace and friendship treaty as an opportunity to promote exchanges between the two peoples and strengthen bilateral economic ties.

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Hua said the two countries should work in accordance with the four-point principled consensus reached in 2014 and take the advantage of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty this year to improve and develop bilateral relations.

China is willing to cooperate with Japan and other parties on the Belt and Road Initiative to realize common development and prosperity among countries in the region, Hua said.

Despite positive remarks on improving relations with China adidas nmd womens uk , Kono said that Japan "cannot accept any attempt to change the status quo" in the East China Sea, according to Japanese media.

"We are also aware of Japan's stance on the East China Sea. We hope Japan will match its words and deeds adidas nmd sale , and translate its positive remarks into concrete policies and actions to improve relations with China," the spokesperson said.

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BEIJING adidas nmd uk , July 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items about China to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Sunday:

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